Coalition Syria strikes kill 521 fighters, 32 civilians
Reuters, Beirut :Air strikes by US-led forces have killed 521 Islamist fighters and 32 civilians during a month-long campaign in Syria, a monitoring group which...
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Iraqi Kurds to send forces to Syria`s Kobane
Al_jazeera.com :Iraqi Kurds have agreed to send fighters to help defend the northern Syrian city of Kobane from ISIL forces, after Turkey said it would...
Several dead in violence in Libya’s Benghazi
Al-Jazeera.com :Clashes in Benghazi and a suicide attack at a security checkpoint east of the Libyan city have left at least 11 people dead, officials...
Boko Haram ‘abducts more women, girls’
BBC Online :Dozens of women and girls from two villages in Nigeria’s north-eastern Adamawa state have been abducted by suspected militants, residents say.The abductions have...
Russian spy plane intercepted in Nato airspace
AFP, Brussels :Nato fighter jets intercepted a Russian spy plane over the Baltic Sea after it breached Estonian airspace, the alliance said on Thursday in...
Qadri supporters end Islamabad sit-in
Agency :While Pakistan Awami Tehreek chief Dr Tahirul Qadri called off his dharna after 69 days, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan announced on Tuesday to...
3 year old Indian girl raped in school
BBC Online :Indian police are investigating the alleged rape of a three-year-old girl in her school in the city of Bangalore.The child returned from school...
Cuban medics head for Liberia to fight Ebola
Al-Jazeera.com :Monrovia, Liberia – A Cuban medical team is set to arrive in Liberia to help tackle the spread of the Ebola virus, the foreign...
Protests at HK leader’s home after fruitless talks
Reuters, Hong Kong :About 200 Hong Kong protesters marched to the home of the city’s Beijing-backed leader on Wednesday to push their case for greater...
Watergate scandal disclosure dies
Al-jazeera.com :Ben Bradlee, who oversaw the Washington Post’s reporting on the Watergate scandal that brought down US president Richard Nixon, has died at the age...
Hunt for 43 students highlights Mexico’s missing
AP, Mexico :Long before 43 teachers, college students disappeared in an attack by police, Maria Guadalupe Orozco’s son went missing in the same southern Mexico...
Don’t try to blackmail us, Congress warns govt
TNN, New Delhi :Congress on Wednesday launched a blistering attack on finance minister Arun Jaitley over his remarks that disclosure of names of those holding...